Tydd St Mary Playgroup

Inspection of Tydd St Mary Playgroup Trafford Room, Common Way, Tydd St Mary, Lincolnshire PE13 5QY

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Overall effectiveness Good

The quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Overall effectiveness at previous inspection Good

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The provision is good

Children are encouraged to be independent. Younger children receive minimal support from staff to put on their coats and pour their own drinks. Older children manage these tasks on their own. Children are given responsibilities at snack time. For instance, older children happily inform their friends when snack is ready. Children help staff to set the snack table with cups and jugs in preparation for their friends' arrival. They show pride when they do this, telling visitors what they have achieved. This contributes to raising their self-esteem.

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The provision is good

Children are very inquisitive about the world around them. For instance, in the garden, staff give older children binoculars and ask them what they can see. Children say that they can see another child playing on a bike. Staff show younger children how to use magnifying glasses when they ask them to search for insects in the garden. Children find worms and learn about the differences in their size. Children are given torches to investigate what toys and resources they can light up as they move around indoors. Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) go with staff to access a dark den, where they look at lights and solve problems when they work out how to switch them on. This contributes to their sensory development and understanding of how technological devices work.

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need to do better?

n Staff use observations and assessments as well as children's interests to help identify what they need to learn next. When children show an interest in dinosaurs, staff provide plenty of opportunities for them to build on this interest during their play. Children show their imagination when they pretend that toy dinosaurs are eating leaves in the garden. Staff provide activities for younger children to begin to match small, coloured toy dinosaurs to the same colour containers. This contributes to children's mathematical skills and sorting objects into groups. n Staff invite parents to attend meetings to discuss their children's learning and development. This helps to keep them informed of their children's progress. Staff invite children to take a teddy bear home. They invite parents to share photos of the bear with their children. When children bring these back to the playgroup, staff share the bears experiences with the other children. This helps children to

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make connections between their home and the playgroup. n Staff model how to be polite and use good manners. This results in children copying and saying 'please' and 'thank you' at snack time when they want and receive food. Children listen to staff's instructions, such as when they ask them to wash their hands before they eat and after messy play activities outdoors. n Staff offer children a nutritious range of snacks and drinks, contributing to a healthy diet. Children help staff to plan and grow fruit and vegetables in the

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9 October 2024 garden, such as carrots, beetroot and strawberries. They harvest these with staff and eat them for a snack. This helps children to learn how healthy food grows. n Children are keen to take part in group times that staff plan for them. However, sometimes, staff focus their attention on listening to the confident children who like to answer the questions, instead of encouraging less-confident children to join in. This means that less-confident children are not fully encouraged to participate. n Staff work well together to support children with SEND. Referrals are made to involve other professionals. Staff also liaise with parents to identify specific targets and ways to meet their children's individual needs. This includes staff identifying how to help children to manage and regulate their emotions. Staff play classical music, which helps children to be calm. n Overall, staff support children's communication skills well. For example, they ask

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children questions and give them time to answer. However, when children say words incorrectly, staff do not always help them to understand the correct words. One example of this is when children say 'horsey'. Staff copy what children say, instead of telling them it should be 'horse'. n Additional funding that some children receive is used effectively. For instance, additional staff provide one-to-one support for children to promote their learning and individual needs.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

There is an open and positive culture around safeguarding that puts children's interests first.

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should:

n strengthen staff's interactions to support less-confident children to participate during planned group times n support staff to use words correctly when they play alongside children to help build on their speaking skills.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 253630 Local authority Lincolnshire Inspection number 10354871 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises Registers Early Years Register Day care type Sessional day care

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inspection

Total number of places 18 Number of children on roll 18 Name of registered person Tydd St Mary Pre-School Committee

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reference number

Telephone number 01945 420331 Date of previous inspection 9 November 2018

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Information about this early years setting

Tydd St Mary Playgroup registered in 1995 and is situated in Tydd St Mary, Lincolnshire. The playgroup employs four members of childcare staff. Of these, two hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3, one at level 4 and one at level 5. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday, during term time. Sessions are from 9am to midday. The playgroup provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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Inspection activities

n n The manager and the inspector completed a learning walk together of all areas of the playgroup and discussed how the manager implements the curriculum. n The inspector observed the quality of education during activities, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact this has on children's learning. n Children spoke to the inspector throughout the inspection. n The inspector spoke with staff at appropriate times throughout the inspection. n The inspector and manager carried out a joint observation. n The inspector held a meeting with the manager. She reviewed relevant documentation and evidence of the suitability of staff working in the playgroup. n Parents and carers shared their views on the playgroup with the inspector.

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We carried out this inspection under sections 49 and 50 of the Childcare Act 2006 on the quality and standards of provision that is registered on the Early Years Register. The registered person must ensure that this provision complies with the statutory framework for children's learning, development and care, known as the early years foundation stage.

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